i have to admit, i totally don't understand why people still cling to this idea
of autechre/aphex/squarepusher/BoC era IDM.
Sure, nostalgia is nice, we all have lots of good memories, but it seems kinda
the anithesis of IDM which i was always interested in because it was pushing the
boundaries of electronic music, doing something new and different, new textures,
rhythms, structures. Well most of those releases are all like 14 years old now,
and i feel its kinda dadtronica now.
why aren't we talking about all the new exciting electronic music being produced
these days? Theres a lot of different strands, from dubstep to the instrumental
electronic hip hop stuff, 8bit, noise beats, 2step. It may not be IDM, but i
think the idea behind them all is pretty much the same as people doing IDM in
that early ninties era - pushing things out, trying new things.
at a glance through my music library, i would pick out stuff like:
herrmutt lobby
joker
martyn
samiyam
flying lotus
rustie
2562 / a made up sound
appleblim
peverlist
benga
kaman leung
ras g
disrupt
ikonika
cloaks
moving ninja
darkstar
redshape
efdemin
murmur
ramadanman
scuba (i don't actually much like this album but its quite idm)
strategy
T++
trg
zomby
thoughts?
(I know i've missed out a bunch of good stuff here, but i'm on my work machine
which has only a subset of my music collection.)
*ducks head for incoming flames*
thor
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